40,000 bottles of eye drops across the US recalled over issues with sterility of product

Prestige Brand Holdings has voluntarily recalled a batch of its Clear Eyes eye drops after FDA alert

Nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being pulled from store shelves across the US over concerns about potential contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Prestige Brand Holdings, based in Tarrytown, New York, has voluntarily recalled 39,060 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief eye drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility”, an FDA enforcement report states. The FDA classified the action as a Class II recall, defined on the agency’s website as a moderate-risk situation “in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote”.

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40,000 bottles of eye drops across the US recalled over issues with sterility of product

Prestige Brand Holdings has voluntarily recalled a batch of its Clear Eyes eye drops after FDA alert

Nearly 40,000 bottles of eye drops are being pulled from store shelves across the US over concerns about potential contamination, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Prestige Brand Holdings, based in Tarrytown, New York, has voluntarily recalled 39,060 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief eye drops because of a “lack of assurance of sterility”, an FDA enforcement report states. The FDA classified the action as a Class II recall, defined on the agency’s website as a moderate-risk situation “in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote”.

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A head-on collision in northeast England kills 7 people, including 2 police officers – AP News

  1. A head-on collision in northeast England kills 7 people, including 2 police officers  AP News
  2. Two police officers among seven killed in wrong-way car crash  BBC
  3. Two police officers named among seven killed in car crash near Middlesborough  Channel 4
  4. A66 crash latest: Two police officers killed in deadly crash named and five others identified  Sky News
  5. Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named as Matthew Blades and Tom Clough  The Guardian
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Indiana residents endure 11th day without power after storms topple power lines

33,124 residents still in the dark as utility company says it is working to restore power in north-west of state

Thousands of residents of north-west Indiana on Saturday were headed for their 11th day without electric power after storms swept through the state, toppling trees and power lines, earlier in August.

The powerless conditions have led to food lines, closed businesses, dead phones, no schools, spoiled food, dirty clothes, dry gas pumps and a multitude of other deleterious effects on life without energy.

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Indiana residents endure 11th day without power after storms topple power lines

33,124 residents still in the dark as utility company says it is working to restore power in north-west of state

Thousands of residents of north-west Indiana on Saturday were headed for their 11th day without electric power after storms swept through the state, toppling trees and power lines, earlier in August.

The powerless conditions have led to food lines, closed businesses, dead phones, no schools, spoiled food, dirty clothes, dry gas pumps and a multitude of other deleterious effects on life without energy.

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Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike, reports say – BBC

  1. Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike, reports say  BBC
  2. Boy, 7, reportedly left alone on Mount Fuji while father, brother finished hike  KTLA
  3. 7-year-old boy left behind on Mount Fuji by his dad  Japan Today
  4. 7-Year-Old Boy Found Alone on Mount Fuji After His Father and Brother Abandoned Him to Continue Hiking  People.com
  5. Man leaves young son on Mount Fuji before ascending Japan’s highest peak  The Guardian
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As families retrieve bodies, Gaza is running out of places to bury the dead – Al Jazeera

  1. As families retrieve bodies, Gaza is running out of places to bury the dead  Al Jazeera
  2. Families' agonising search for answers as thousands still missing in Gaza  BBC
  3. The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists  Springfield News-Sun
  4. Gaza City holds mass funeral for victims killed by Israeli airstrikes  Xinhua
  5. Gaza cemeteries run out of space as war leaves families struggling to bury the dead  Firstpost
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Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district

Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district.

The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after the Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s plan to give officers the “Gloves” – or “generated low output voltage emitters”. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails.

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Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district

Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district.

The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after the Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s plan to give officers the “Gloves” – or “generated low output voltage emitters”. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails.

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